Why is WAB up?
Up 9% from Nov 5 to Nov 10.
- Wabtec rose 9% from Nov 5 to Nov 10. 5 points of it came on Nov 9.
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Up 9% from Nov 5 to Nov 10.
| Free cash flow up 69% | $889M → $1.5B in 3 years |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 4 |
Tue Nov 17: Ex-dividend, $0.31 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 1.
After its last 4 reports it closed +4.2% on average, higher 4 of 4 times.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 8 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. WAB scores 18 today, against a median of 12 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
WAB is #1 of 4 by Quality Score.
| Rank | Stock | Quality Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 4 |
Expected to report Wed Feb 10, before the open (in 92 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $3.1B, 8% more than a year ago.
“The increase in cash was driven by higher net income.”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Product | $2.6B | $2.4B |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 21)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Adjusted earnings per share | $10.85 to $11.05 |
Sales grew 8.1% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.24 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | -1.3% | +1.9% | -1.6% |
| Jul 22, 2026 | +4.8% | +10.0% | +16.0% |
| Apr 22, 2026 | -1.6% | +1.5% | +2.1% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $11B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 61.8, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
5 insiders sold $5.4M across 11 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
14 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: WAB is under 0.1% of VOO, under 0.1% of IVV, and under 0.1% of SPY, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 (SPY's as filed by IVV).
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp provides value-added, technology-based products and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries and the mining, marine, and industrial markets. It provides its products and services through two main business segments: Freight and Transit. The company generates maximum revenue from the Freight segment, which manufactures new and modernized locomotives, provides aftermarket parts and services to existing locomotives, provides components to new and existing freight cars; builds new commuter locomotives; supplies rail control and infrastructure products, including electronics, positive train control equipment, signal design, and engineering services. Geographically, it generates a majority of its revenue from the United States.
“We operate in a highly competitive marketplace.”
WAB scores 18 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #1 of 4 in Railroad Equipment by Quality Score, with 8 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 9% from Nov 5 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
WAB scores 18 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #1 of 4 in Railroad Equipment by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind WAB's 18.
5 insiders sold $5.4M across 11 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Rogerio Mendonca, President, Equipment Group, who sold $864K on Aug 21. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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Insider and Congress trades, the chart, and the financials, in one score.
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